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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 10h

Their biggest fantasy is also my biggest fantasy.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

“They’re all Antifa now”

Laura Ingraham screenshot that reads: THEY'RE ALL ANTIFA
NGL
NOW
DEMS MELT UNDER PRESSURE
THE ANGLE ALERT

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14h

In some ways this is the government now

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I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Gravetrude Dirtkins @gertrudeprkns.bsky.social · 1d

You too can enjoy the uncanny sense that your controller is made of deli meat

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1d

8Bitdo Ultimate 2C Wireless Controller (PC/Android) - Hall Effect Joysticks/Hall Triggers, 1000Hz Polling Rate (Peach) is $10.57 on Amazon Prime buff.ly/wlAhYvF

other colors also on discount

8Bitdo deals buff.ly/A0Rubzn #ad

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 3d

y'all ever wanted to hear beavis and butthead voiced by a manzai duo

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Gravetrude Dirtkins @gertrudeprkns.bsky.social · 2d

Just Giving People Money: IT WORKS

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 2d

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

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Transparency @transparency.bsky.social · 3d

All of society being computerised and digitalised according to strict US hegemony is a nightmare dystopia and I want OUT!

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Gravetrude Dirtkins @gertrudeprkns.bsky.social · 3d

This website's moderation staff are really sticking up for the little guy by *checks notes* curbing users' ability to filter hate speech??? Uh oh

Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.art · 3d

BSky hid @asukafield.xyz's transphobia mod list. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Blue Sky's interface for hidden moderation lists, saying the following: "This list, created by @asukafield.xyz , contains possible violations of Bluesky's community guidelines in its name or description." Offered choices are to unsubscribe or go back.

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Cy @recyclablecy.bsky.social · 3d

Happy 25th anniversary to Skies of Arcadia/Eternal Arcadia! One of my favorite games that I feel defines me as a gamer! I need to schedule a replay soon! BLUE ROGUES FOREVER~! 🏴‍☠️

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Gravetrude Dirtkins @gertrudeprkns.bsky.social · 3d

Back in the day horrible oligarchs dressed in nice suits, nowadays we have the

Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 3d

Jean Patriarchy

France, Eure-et-Loir, Parish and Civil Registration, 1526-1902

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 8d

It's fascinating and revealing how many centrists think refusing to compromise on human rights to gain the support of bigots represents a "political purity test," yet also think that a bigot saying "I won't join you unless you accommodate my bigotry" does NOT represent a "political purity test."

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 9d

anyway:

www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-...

Winning the Middle

What makes for a purity test? What makes for a big tent? Unpacking the apparently pragmatic demand that we Speak Low about fascists to beat fascism.

www.the-reframe.com

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 4d

The America Arts are FUCKED right now. AI propagation, constant layoffs, hiring freezes, projects not being greenlit, conservative censorship, massive tariff hikes, mega-mergers, foreign buyouts, studios relocating overseas and lack of public funding is killing us.

Please support small creators.

Ben Fritz @benfritz.bsky.social · 6d

The most important human story in the entertainment industry right now is the severe downturn in film and TV production in LA and how it's affecting middle-class crew workers. I spoke to dozens of them for this story about the depressed Hollywood economy. www.wsj.com/business/med...

L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie

Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and Los Angeles’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.

www.wsj.com

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Gravetrude Dirtkins @gertrudeprkns.bsky.social · 4d

Blair is gearing up for another blood feast, with the help of tech ghouls and other fascists. A good, grim article:

Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 4d

Larry Ellison has given nearly half a billion dollars to Tony Blair's institute. Now, why do you think he'd do that..?

Terrific piece by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social at @thenerve.news

'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION

As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...

www.thenerve.news

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Once Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc.newgrounds.com · 10d

It was a real blast talking to these peeps about Newgrounds and old Flashes! Check it out! :D

Flash In The Pan @flashitpancast.bsky.social · 11d

We put Connor Nyberg in the hotseat in our INTERLOCUTORY 125th EPISODE! Talking about his upcoming documentary ONCE UPON A TIME ON THE INTERNET (@newgroundsdoc.newgrounds.com), and revisiting KNOX'S KLAY WORLD!

Enjoy! Rate & review us! Tell your friends! w00t!

flashinthepancast.com/2025/09/27/e...

Episode 125: You Have To Suck (feat. Conner Nyberg)

Tom and Alex do a proper grown-up interview with Conner Nyberg (aka littlbox), director of upcoming Newgrounds documentary ONCE UPON A TIME ON THE INTERNET! But not before revisiting the wacky worl…

flashinthepancast.com

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 4d

powerful people are already arguing that we should abandon any climate goals in favor of expending all our resources on the development of bigger/more advanced LLMs so that we can build a god to save us from climate change. that's real and consequential danger and millions are going to die for it

tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 4d

the play bigotry against LLMs is cringe but also easily recognizable. what's far more insidious and dangerous is the belief that we must build an intellect so singular that it fundamentally alters the course of history and the fabric of society

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Wes Walcott @weswalcott.bsky.social · 4d

The sweded version by Mega64 is my favourite thing the internet has ever produced. youtu.be/-H48GPv4BZI?...

Neon Genesis Evangelion In 5 Minutes (LIVE ACTION) (Sweded) - Mega64

YouTube video by Mega64

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 7d

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

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Serife (Sherry) Wong @serife.bsky.social · 4d

Data center push back is a key frontline of defense of the public interest. Community groups are organizing doing the work and need funding and support

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d

“Advocates are particularly concerned over the facilities’ use of Pfas gas, or f-gas, which can be potent greenhouse gases, and may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought. Other f-gases turn into a type of dangerous compound that is rapidly accumulating across the globe.”

Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom

Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought

www.theguardian.com

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Gravetrude Dirtkins @gertrudeprkns.bsky.social · 4d

America already worships death by violence; the goal of the far right in the COVID era has been to get them to welcome death by disease as well.

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 4d

South Carolina confirms measles outbreak as U.S. cases hit 25-year high www.huffpost.com/entry/south-...

South Carolina Confirms Measles Outbreak With U.S. Cases At 25-Year High

"The people involved in the outbreak are unvaccinated and did not have immunity from a previous measles infection," the state's health agency confirmed.

www.huffpost.com

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 4d

genuinely impossible to overstate what the secret police are doing. It is state hooliganism. It is gangsterism as policy. It is the jouissance of the original klan nightriders that followed the civil war. they terrorize minority communities while intentionally paralyzing local governments.

Skyflyer Channel 8 News @skyflyer82.bsky.social · 4d

Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls

Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said ICE agents are draining the resources of his department and the community by making false 911 calls.

www.cbsnews.com

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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 4d

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Gravetrude Dirtkins @gertrudeprkns.bsky.social · 4d

Praying. Manifesting. Believing in the power of positive thinking. Visualising my goals. Visualising my goals. Visualising my goals. Manifesting. Manifesting. Praying and visualising. I do not hope for it, I already have it. I am manifesting the world in which I have it. I already have it. I already

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